There Are Elegant Bald Eagle Videos and There Are Bald Eagle Videos That Are So Violent They’re Captivating … This Is the Latter

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Though usually pictured flying majestically against a mountain backdrop or embossed as the iconic image on the back of a U.S. quarter, a pair of bald eagles in Oregon showed off a side that’s rarely seen — at least in a suburban backyard tree.

At one point, video of the eagles shows them holding onto each other talon to talon as one was upright and the other hung upside down. Other footage shows them struggling, flapping and pecking at each other.

Image source: KATU-TV

Image source: KATU-TV

After four hours, a crew in a cherry picker from the local Audubon Society broke up the fight.

Lacy Campbell with the Audubon Society, who took footage from tree height with a helmet-mounted GoPro camera, said the focused eagles didn’t even notice the crew until they were close up in the tree.

Image source: KATU-TV

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Once the eagles saw they were being watched, it broke their concentration and resolve and they both took off.